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anyone find his Sporting model Caesar Guerini delivers a lot of recoil to the cheek ? mine does, I've had 2 of them do it. Another fellow at my club has the same problem.
 
I would say it is a factor of gun fit. I've gone through a few phases of it with different guns. If you have an adjustable comb, drop the front of the comb 1/32 to 1/16".

I recently made a significant change in shooting styles, and it resulted in my cheek taking a pounding. I ended up seeing a gunfitter who looked at me for about a second, told me my gun setup "wasn't gonna work", moved my gun around (adj stock) and had me painless ever since.

Brad.
 
bmcrae said:
I would say it is a factor of gun fit. I've gone through a few phases of it with different guns. If you have an adjustable comb, drop the front of the comb 1/32 to 1/16".

I recently made a significant change in shooting styles, and it resulted in my cheek taking a pounding. I ended up seeing a gunfitter who looked at me for about a second, told me my gun setup "wasn't gonna work", moved my gun around (adj stock) and had me painless ever since.

Brad.
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It is not the firearm, it's you and your buddy
 
I suggest apple pie and full cream. If you eat them in large enough quantities, your face will fatten up and you will have more surface area making contact with the gun.



All kidding aside, get it fitted. By someone that knows how.
 
I have 2 Caesar Guerini and made sure they fitted me well. I don't have any issues with recoil or being slap on the cheek.
 
bmcrae said:
I would say it is a factor of gun fit. I've gone through a few phases of it with different guns. If you have an adjustable comb, drop the front of the comb 1/32 to 1/16".

I recently made a significant change in shooting styles, and it resulted in my cheek taking a pounding. I ended up seeing a gunfitter who looked at me for about a second, told me my gun setup "wasn't gonna work", moved my gun around (adj stock) and had me painless ever since.
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This advise is good. Whenever I've had cheek slap from a gun, its either been the comb height/angle or the pitch. Read this to get the idea about pitch issues and how to adjust short term to test. http://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/usamu-shotgun-team-home-fitting-your-shotgun-pitch/
 
Not sure about the sporting models but mine had alot of wood hollowed out of the stock making it lighter in the rear and more apt to moving during firing. Mine was a field model
 
My Summit trap did the same thing when I first got it. I moved the front of the comb over a little further than the back(away from my cheek) and solved the problem.
 
My wife tried a couple rounds of trap with a cheap Mossberg 500 and ended up with a swollen and bruised cheek. She has not had any problems with our Citori so we originally thought it was the recoil through the plastic stock on the Mossberg. I now think it is simply more to do with how the gun fits her.

Here she is getting a busted cheek.

And here she is not getting a bruised cheek.
 
Good to see ladies actually out enjoying the sport; they're kind of mythical, you don't want to spook them off.

Both guns are too long for her, but if she is comfortable and happy, go nuts. In the top video, look at her stance vs buddy next to her when firing. She is arching backwards, generally indicating she's reaching. Puts more stress on the back, and less able to control the muzzle. It's also visible that she doesn't have the same cheek weld in the top video vs the bottom.
 
She doesn't get the bruised cheek anymore and she has never complained about the length of either gun. She really wants a Remington Wingmaster Classic Trap so maybe that will fit her better. Now her problem is wrist fatigue so we are going to get her a wrist brace.
 
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